St. Patricks Day Ribbon & Fabric

I am so excited to share with you the items I have found in order to customize a St. Patricks' day piece for you and your little honey pie(s). I have always loved custom orders, and I have found that this may be easier, than making tons of sample bows, shirts, etc. and them not selling. It's also a great way for me to keep my production costs down, and in turn keeping your purchasing cost down!

As always, Honey Pie Accessories strives to be your go-to online boutique with affordable and adorable custom creations!

This first ribbon is my all time favorite. I am in love with the leprachaun children and the chevron background! I can totally see this in a simple pigtail boutique style bows or added with orange for an over-the-top hair piece!.

Chevron is all  the rage right now, and this green chevron ribbon is perfect for St. Patty's day! I can make a simple boutique style bow and it will be perfect paired with a chevron shamrock applique shirt, and this bow can be continued to be worn long after March 17th.

I already have an order for a stacked boutique bow using these ribbons, so i'll have all of them in stock! I love the various shades of green and would die to make an over-the-top hair bow using tiny side bows or glittery bows as accents.

 The classic Shamrock ribbon is a great addition to any bow or to any outfit on St. Patty's day. It's simple and makes the perfect statement.

And, what little baby wouldn't be adorable wearing this ribbon on her head- love it!

I only made little girl Valentine shirts, and I knew I wanted to give you a "boy" option for shamrock applique's. This chevron fabric in various shades of blue and green is perfect for your little boy on St. Patty's day! I can stitch the shamrock in blue, green, or white.

Rainbows are a classic sign of St. Patrick's day, and this chevron fabric would be adorable combined into a shamrock applique, stitched in green and on a brightly colored shirt!

I can't wait to custom create pieces for you! As always, please leave me a comment, or a message on my facebook page to create your custom listing.

I'm also offering a 5% discount to the first person who makes a shamrock applique shirt order!

These fabrics can also be utilized for "tie" applique's for boys, baby bibs or burp cloths for your baby's first St. Patrick's Day, or as a baby gift!

By: Unknown On 12.23

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Bib & Ballet

I have been creating tons of bibs lately, and i'm not sure if it's because i'm wanting to improve my technique, have them as ready-to-ship, or secretly save them for this baby on the way! It's also a good way to use my scrap fabric that I've had laying around for a while. I'm ready to clear out and buy more!

This polk-a-dot bib is listed on my facebook page and is ready to ship for only $8.00. It has a terry cloth backing, to easily wipe away spills, and a velcro closure.

I also had a custom request for a ballet shirt. The customer had a quick deadline for her daughter's 5th birthday, which was ballet themed. I've been wanting to create a ballet slipper shirt for some time, but I was always intimidated. For some reason, my sewing confidence has respiked, and I quickly accepted the offer. I picked up two new shades of pink fabric and already had the pink ruffled ribbon at home.

I am in love with how this ballet slipper shirt turned out! The ribbon is sewn onto the shirt, but ties loosely at the top. I will gladly remake this shirt after making it the first time (which is always the hardest time!) This shirt is $25.00 shipped, and you can message me for custom ordering!

I've also been working on completing the last of my Valentine shirt orders, and a tutu order for another birthday party! Starting February 1st, i'll be taking orders for St. Patricks Day and Easter!

By: Unknown On 07.45

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Rainbow Paint Party: Candid Shots

This post is a little pic heavy, but I didn't feel like breaking this post into two- so enjoy!

We had Gretchens's 5th birthday party on Saturday. We chose to have her party at Georgia's Art Studio. If you're a local, I highly recommend for parties! The owner was fabulous, and helped with set up, instructing the kids, and clean up! (And, the price was great!)

Here's Gretchen before her party. 

 Once guests arrived they were instructed on how to put on their smocks and were able to choose a piece of ceramic to paint. 

 G chose a "laying down horse". 

 Then, the kids came into the party room, and selected their paint colors. We chose the "paint and take" theme, which uses a different paint, but the kids were able to take home their creations that day rather than leaving them, having them fired, and them picked up later. 

 The kids quickly got to work painting their pieces.

 The doughnut piggy bank was a very popular choice!

 When kids were finished painting, they were able to leave the party room and go out into the play space. This gave me a chance to pick up dirty paint brushes and throw away any trash. The owner also came in to pick up the paints. She offered to change out the paper on the tables, but there were still a few kids painting, and wet ceramics, so I opted to leave the paper be. 

Once the room was picked up, the kids came back in for cupcakes and juice. 

 We sang "Happy Birthday" to G. 

 And the kids all enjoyed the cupcakes!

 I love this picture of  G and a friend from her preschool class. He was sitting at the opposite end of the table and came down to talk to her. It gives me a glimpse of all the boys that will be wanting to talk to her in the future!

 After cupcakes, G opened her presents. 

 She received tons of princess gifts- from dresses, to Rapunzel hair, and princess games. 

 We gave her a Sophia the First character set, and a Brave video game.

 I love how the little ones gathered around, and were just as excited as G was as she was opening her presents. 

 G also received this precious chevron rain coat and a matching umbrella- it matches her skirt perfectly!

I cannot say enough- the party was fabulous! I was pretty stress free during the party, and all of the parents helped their kids with their projects. I really think all of the guests had a great time! I know that G was smiling throughout the entire party, and seeing how happy she was with her friends and celebrating was totally worth it!

By: Unknown On 07.10

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Rainbow Paint Party Decorations

I cannot believe I am sitting down to write my 1,000th blog post! I am just so amazed by that number, and that the girls will one day, have so many things to read and look over to learn about our family and their lives as they grew up! 

Today's post is fitting for 1,000. I'm going to talk about something that I love doing for my girls- throwing their birthday parties! After all, if it weren't for my daughter's, we wouldn't have birthday's, we wouldn't have this family, and we wouldn't have each other! I remember so vividly throwing Gretchen's first birthday, and our parties have taken off from there! 

This year, we decided to try to go a little less "over board", and it may go down as one of the best parties we've thrown!

First, here's the birthday girl, and the first reason behind everything that I do- all of my inspiration- I just love her!

 I ordered her outfit from Porcupine Hollow. I found the applique' design from another facebook page, but the outfit came with pants, which G hates to wear. I asked Alexis if she would be able to recreate the shirt, and we found the aplique' design from Etsy. I also asked her to make a matching chevron skirt. I probably could have handled the skirt, but I ordered her outfit in December, and I was experiencing business burn out, as well as 1st trimester exhaustion, and I just didn't have faith that I could come up with something as beautiful as Alexis did. 

Her custom outfit cost around $35.00.

I made her hair bow using many of the same colors as the outfit.

 I ordered her cupcakes from Cakes by Dana. Dana and I discussed what I wanted, and to be honest, I wasn't sure if I wanted a rainbow layered cake or cupcakes. I am so glad that we went with cupcakes, because I didn't have to worry about cutting and really serving. These were stress free, which was my theme- ha!

The inside of the cupcakes were different colors of cake, iced in blue, with a rainbow sour candy on top, set off by "clouds".  

Cupcakes were $30.00

I found the plates and napkins at Target on clearance. 

Total cost of plates & napkins= $5.00

 I picked up cherry and grape kool-aid juices, and served those. I decided to go with two different flavors, because of the rainbow colors.

At the opposite end of the cake table, was the candy buffet. I found polk-a-dot candy bags from Hobby Lobby and guests were able to fill them with their own choices. 

All of the containers came from the Dollar Tree- I spent about $12.00 on those. The red table cloth also came from the Dollar Tree. 

 I did spend more on the candy than I probably should have, but I was very specific in what I wanted, and I wanted to spend more of my budget in this one area.

Guests could fill their candy bags with red gummy bears, rainbow colored twizzlers, purple candy sticks, dum-dum suckers, orange slices, and blue gum balls. 

 Guests also received one rice krispy treat "paint brush" to take home. (I'll post a tutorial later this week.)

Total for Candy was about $50.00. Most of it was purchased from Party City, but I also found some at our local grocery store.

To add an extra layer of color to the table, I purchased purple deco mesh from Hobby Lobby, and wrapped it around the candy dishes. 

 Finally, guests were able to take home their own set of paints. 

 These were $0.99 at Hobby Lobby, and I ordered stickers from Etsy. 

I absolutely love how everything turned out! All of the decorations were a hit, and they were the perfect touches to enhance our rainbow theme!

Because, today is my 1,000 blog post, i'm giving 10% off all custom orders placed through my Facebook page.  

Stay tuned this week- i'll post candid party pics, and the "paint brush" tutorial!

By: Unknown On 06.46

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G's 5th Birthday at School

On Thursday, we celebrated G's birthday at her preschool. I absolutely love being able to go in and take a special treat and see her interact with all of her friends! 

I made her a "5" pink and white chevron shirt to wear.

 We paired her shirt with a ruffled skirt and grey leggings. 

 G and I discussed several times what sort of treat she wanted to take to her preschool. Last year, we took donuts and orange juice. I had the idea to take in pizza this year, but G wanted cake. Then she decided she wanted a cake that looked like a pizza, so we settled on this cookie cake. 

 Gs teacher gave her a special crown to wear and had her answer some "getting to know you questions". 

 Here is G's class and her teacher.

 Then, it was time for cookie cake!

 And, G and her friends eating. 

 After the kids enjoyed their treats, G asked if I would stay and read her class a book. I loved the opportunity to stay and share in special moment with her class. G chose a book about penguins. 

 DJ even came for the celebration. He wasn't sure if he was going to get to escape from work, but G and I were both glad that he did!

 Here's G and I before I had to leave. 

Happy Birthday G! What an amazing little girl you have become!

By: Unknown On 07.11

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